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In one of his first moves as governor, you won't believe this, scott walker killed a high speed rail project for the state of wisconsin. he rejected $810 million in federal funding. this of course caught the attention of a lot of wisconsinites. it's kind of a head scratcher considering the project would have created jobs and improved the state's business climate and certainly economic development in rural areas but walker had his eye on another rail project, specifically strengthening ties with a company called wisconsin & southern railroad. listen up, folks. the company runs hundreds of miles...

Of wisconsin. he rejected $810 million in federal funding. this of course caught the attention of a lot of wisconsinites. it's kind of a head scratcher considering the project would have created jobs and improved the state's business climate and certainly economic development in rural areas but walker had his eye on another rail project, specifically strengthening ties with a company called wisconsin & southern railroad. listen up, folks. the company runs hundreds of miles of state-owned rail and last month the walker administration gave the company $14 million in state grants for infrastructu...

Here's jonathan -- jonathan ser ry with -- serrie with more on this >> reporter: at issue is the city's legal right for property in which it considers to be the greater public good versus harvey davis' desire to protect his small family business >> built in the 1920s, this grand ole building for decades was a bustling train depot in winston-salem, north carolina, the railroad eventually pulled out leaving the building vacant until harvey davis bought it in 1975 for his family's auto repair shop >> it worked beautiful, the building is very well-built, the railroad did everything to this high st...

Cost floridians thousands of jobs. the governor announced last week that he was pulling the plug on the rail project worth $2.7 billion. he says it doesn't make financial sense and could cost state taxpayers in the end. the new jersey governor chris christie also turned down some money. several other states have expressed interest in a rail project of their own. federal official says somebody shot and wounded a police officer today during a huge sweep targeting mexican drug cartels. as you will be able to see from this map the raids taking place all across the as well as in latin america from ...

Ahead they'll go earlier. it could push it so early that glow of the christmas season could be mixed with the grit of the presidential primary campaigns. >> in it happened in 2008. universally unpopular among democrats, republicans, press, media, you name it. everybody disliked it. >> the florida republicans say the date could change if they come after the first four states and before everyone else. >> if they are willing to give us a fifth position in race, we will be happy to adjust the date. >> a deal to be had and since there are so many independents, it could be the key testing ground in ...